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According to that link, Diat, Windows DVD Player should have automatically downloaded to my PC, if I am reading it correctly.

"Please note that Windows Media Center isn't included in Windows 10 and will be removed when you upgrade to Windows 10. After the upgrade completes, Windows DVD Player will download automatically to your PC"

Boobie
If people had hearts like dogs, the world would be a better place!

That's the way I would read it, Rosy. From what I'm gathering, even the paid application from Microsoft has flaws and has not worked properly. Folks that had a perfectly functional DVD player on their computers can't get them to work. Apparently with some it's a driver issue. Perhaps Drac has some suggestions or you can check out this link where someone had the same issue:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... e27?auth=1

No flaws and no driver issues. Since the release of Windows 8, the DVD codecs have not been included with the OS. Many reasons with the main one being that very few people play DVDs on a computer any more with the advent of streaming services. But very simple to solve and used by most of us who still play DVDs on our computers.

Simply download and install the free VLC DVD player. I've use it for years and installed it on several computers.

I am with Draclvr re: Donations, sometimes I do and other times not and pretty
much the same amount as Drac. I also usually wait at least 3 months before I
donate to make sure 1) I like the product and still using it 2) That the product is
still working properly 3) How good are they at keeping up with updates and security
issues.

I knew Drac would come to the rescue! I think it's a shame that Microsoft pushed Windows 10 on its customers without telling them about some of the items that would not be included or not specifying when one had to download the DVD player. I'm sticking with my Windows 7 on my ASUS and will upgrade to the next best operating system when I get a new laptop/pc. No sense "fixing" something that ain't broke!

JK, these codecs have not been included since 2012, so this is nothing new and certainly nothing new with Windows 10.

Your Windows 7 will continue to receive limited support for 4 more years, so you should be good to go until that next new computer! However, it WILL be whatever iteration of Windows 10 is out there at that time unless you go to the Mac.

I dearly love Windows 10 and it is definitely the best OS they have released. It has plenty of quirks and foibles, but with each new update I'm finding more and more of my favorite options being returned. It is very fast and stable and runs circles around Windows 7. I have two people who upgraded from Windows 7 and they love the new features and apps and especially the speed on even their low end computers.

My big complaint about it is gaming that involves several types of DRM. No one loathes DRM more than I do, but there are a few games I CHOSE to get in spite of the DRM. I can no longer play those games because Windows 10 blocks the DRM as a security feature. I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to go in and do a registry hack or not. I could always play them on my Windows 7 drive, but I very, very seldom ever boot up into it any more.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you tomatoes, make Bloody Marys.

I have Windows 10 now on my Local Disk (C:) and Windows 7 on Local Disk (F:) and I too rarely use 7 anymore. However on those occasions when I need to use 7 for some older game or such I get no response from my mouse devices (1 corded and 1 wireless) and the only thing I can do is hit the reset button to get back to boot device manager and go through the process again. In which case, the second time around everything is fine. It's just a trivial thing I suppose, probably doesn't even deserve its own thread, but if there's a simple solution I'd be a happier person.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a rod and he will sit on a boat and drink beer all day. - USA Network

I have a similar setup with the two operating systems on different local disks in the same case. I had the same thing happen to me last week when I booted into my Windows 7. Normally, my mouse is recognized immediately (wired), but it wasn't that time for some reason. I simply unplugged it and plugged it back in to the back of my case and it popped right up. Booted into Windows 7 the next day to see if it would happen again and it didn't that time. Who knows!

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you tomatoes, make Bloody Marys.

Hmm. I should have thought of that, alas though, it didn't work for me. Perhaps I should install the new AMD catalyst suite instead of being reminded every time, check for updates. We'll see. It wasn't always like this, 3-4 weeks ago it was fine.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.
Give a man a rod and he will sit on a boat and drink beer all day. - USA Network

You might check in your Devices to be sure there aren't any yellow driver flags there too. Your BIOS is where the settings are for recognizing USB devices, but it's strange it should work only on the second boot-up. Something sounds like it's not "catching" your mice. How about other peripherals? Or is it just the mice? Can you try another USB port? I've had them go hinky on me on other computers.

Just shooting in the dark!! Can't hurt to update those Catalyst drivers though. I need to do my Nvidia drivers too... been ignoring the nag!

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you tomatoes, make Bloody Marys.